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  • madame_gaymes@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    I guess AAA studios are hollywood now. Unable to create something new, put a new coat of paint on something from the attic. Milk the audience with nostalgia.

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      1 month ago

      I have no issues with them remastering old games for newer platforms. I have a problem with remaking old games instead of making new games.

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        1 month ago

        Such a thin line, but that’s exactly what I’m saying. That on top of stop charging full new game price for something that I played 10+ years ago that’s only a remaster.

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          1 month ago

          Yeah, I’d much prefer they make it a DLC or something for the existing game instead of a new entry entirely. I’d ideally be able to toggle between old and new in the same game.

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          1 month ago

          The time of release is kind of irrelevant. They’re working hard on a new game.

          Having said that, it’s the same game with a different story, so… Neither side has much of a point. 😆

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        1 month ago

        My comment isn’t just about Rockstar, although they did also do some milking with GTA3 as well. Recently there was TES IV, plus all the Skyrim editions, from Bethesda. Now Gears of War is getting a remaster. In recent years, remakes and remasters from AAAs seem to have increased. Last of Us is another example.

        And to be clear, I’m not necessarily against the remakes/maintaining the classics to be playable on modern hardware. Really, it’s the price tags.

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    1 month ago

    Ok but don’t fix the swing set of doom. A significant portion of my playtime was trying to best my longest launch.

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    1 month ago

    Just keep Grove Street Games as far away from this as possible.

    No one wants to see them butcher another entry in this series with their lazy, AI-upscale slop.

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    1 month ago

    GTA IV reoptimized to run in modern hardware with less or at least more reasonable piss filter would be a nice upgrade. None of the visual mods could get ride of the weird haze around everything.

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    I hope they could re release a PC version as well. Current GTA IV PC version is laughable on modern hardware. The optimization mod works ok most of the time. But sometime it stutters like crazy and I need a hard PC reboot to fix it.

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    1 month ago

    GTA IV is currently backwards compatible on Xbox, so you can already play it on there. If you have your old 360 disc that works you can use that to get the digital version.

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    Only reason I haven’t modded HDR for this game is because it’s DX9 and a pain to mod. (I already did GTAV - Enhanced and GTA Trilogy Remastered since it’s UE). If they make a new port for PC it’ll be able to complete the set.